BHCA Community Corner
Happy Haunting! Please bring your trick or treaters to join in the fun of the annual Halloween on the Hill event from 4:30 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, October 31. The following streets will be closed:...
View ArticleDowntown View:What Makes Good Public Art?
By Karen Cord Taylor You know it when you see it. For Lucas Cowan, public art curator for the Greenway, it is the bean, or, more formally, “Cloud Gate” by Anish Kapoor in Chicago’s Millennium Park. For...
View ArticleShort-Term Rentals are Disrupting the Housing Market in Downtown Boston...
By Beth Treffeisen Tucked away in all of the neighborhoods in Boston, short-term rental units are spreading – unregulated by the city or state – crunching the housing market and disrupting the...
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Marquee Building Sells on Corner of Charles and Beacon
By Seth Daniel A view of the iconic 66 Beacon St. building on the corner of Charles and Beacon Streets on Beacon Hill. The marquee building fronting the Boston Common and Charles Street is one of the...
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Dads and Donuts
Hutch Walsh, 6, who said his character name was Lloyd (a super ninja), with his dad, Michael. Dad and son are shown working on a car and building up Hutch’s hammer skills during the Dads and Donuts...
View ArticleDCR to Present Design for Proposed Esplanade Riverfront Pavilion
By Dan Murphy The Department of Conservation and Recreation will unveil the schematic design for the proposed Esplanade Riverfront Pavilion at the third and final public meeting on this project at the...
View ArticleEd Flynn Endorsed by Former City Councillor John Connolly
Ed Flynn, candidate for Boston City Council District 2, has been endorsed by former Boston City Councilor At-Large and Mayoral candidate John Connolly. Connolly served on the City Council from...
View ArticlePhoto Appeal: Man Catches Proposal on Film by Accident, Finds Couple
By Seth Daniel There are few better places in Boston that the Public Garden to catch the beauty of the foliage at this time of year, and one Tufts University student caught that and then some last...
View ArticleBoston 8th District City Councilor Candidates Forum
By Beth Treffeisen A filled gymnasium at 74 Joy St. set the scene for the first and only 8th District City Councilor Candidates Forum, in Beacon Hill on the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 24. Two candidates...
View ArticleGlenn Pereira Shares His Love for Tradition One Bowl of Tea at a Time
By Beth Treffeisen From a young age, Glenn Pereira – a Back Bay/Symphony resident – has been fascinated with Japanese culture. Originally from Fall River, Pereira comes from an immigrant Portuguese...
View ArticleCouncilor-at-Large Michael Flaherty Calls for Public Hearing on Lack of...
Boston City Councilor At-Large Michael Flaherty has called for a public hearing to discuss the siting and impacts of telecommunications-based infrastructure upgrades that are taking place across...
View ArticleAn Evening at 74 Planned for November 9
By Suzanne Besser On Thursday, November 9, a special Evening at 74 will celebrate music, performance, artisan food, bits of Beacon Hill history and the sense of community. On that night, the Beacon...
View ArticleBHCA Community Corner
by Suzanne Besser, BHCA President Joy Street trees saved The Parks Department agreed that the trees should stay and denied the petition. The contractor has been asked to install protective fencing...
View ArticleDowntown View:Books for Reading and Giving Away
By Karen Cord Taylor Sometimes I read recent books by Boston authors and describe them in this column. The following three books fit the Boston criteria, but vary widely in their subject matter. One of...
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Halloween 2017 on Beacon Hill
A LITTLE PUMPKIN: Camilla Larsen, dressed as a pumpkin, colors a picture with markers during the annual Hill House Halloween party on Thursday, Oct. 26, at the Firehouse. A range of costumes from the...
View ArticleStorrow Drive Closures for Nov 18 Listed
MassDOT’s contractor, White-Skanska-Consigli (WSC), will continue erecting elements of the new Frances “Fanny” Appleton Bridge on Saturday, November 18. The work will require lane and full closures in...
View ArticleHill Voters Help Re-Elect Walsh for Second Term
By Dan Murphy Like voters citywide, Beacon Hill turned out to support the incumbent Mayor Martin J. Walsh for a second term over his challenger City Councilor Tito Jackson in last Tuesday’s municipal...
View ArticleCharles River Watershed Association Hosts Largest Champions of the Charles...
Charles River Watershed Association (CRWA), the leading science and advocacy organization protecting the Charles River and its watershed, honored the Museum of Science at its Champions of the Charles...
View ArticleHorsing Around at the Ritz Gala to Benefit Bina Farm
Celebrating the transformative power of equine therapy, Bina Farm Center held its annual gala to benefit scholarships for participants and to help care for the therapy horses. Held at the Ritz Carlton,...
View ArticleGetting Framed in the Public Garden
If you are taking walk through the Public Garden, step into one of three, life-sized frames installed for you to take a picture. The frames were recently installed by the Friends of the Public Garden...
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